[rmkadish]

i am writing an ethnography for my english class and have chosen to write about the topic of interracial adoption (not necessarily international). my main focus of the paper is how, if at all, the fact that the child is of a different race, culture, religion etc than his/her parents affects the family dynamic. i am just looking for honest experiences - if there have been no issues and your family feels whole and supportive, if there has been much struggle with parents and/or children with the concept of family, and anything in between. i truly appreciate any and all information you are willing to provide. thank you so much

[Dmommab]

We have adopted 3 children. 2 are caucasian & 1 is biracial (African American/caucasian). No-one in my family has had ANY problem with Zack (our biracial son) including my grandma who is now 102. The closest she came was whispering to me" Is he a little black boy?" when I introduced her to him at 2 days old. I took no offense to it AT ALL because she was 97 at the time. I thought it was cute that she whispered it so he wouldn't hear her. LOL Sometimes people think it "strange" that I have 2 children who are both 5 years old who are "mine" and they are different races but they never "say" anything to me.